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<blockquote data-quote="Arnwyn" data-source="post: 2274647" data-attributes="member: 7701"><p>Good question - I'd like a system that would be able to handle two major types of trading:</p><p>1) caravans/shipping</p><p>2) running a business (e.g. an inn or tavern)</p><p></p><p>The main aspect of it would be a profit/loss system. It wouldn't have to be tremendously complicated, but it should be flexible enough to handle PC decisions and make such decisions meaningful.</p><p></p><p>For caravans/shipping, basic questions my "desired system" would try to answer:</p><p>- how much of trade item x can I buy here at location A? why?</p><p>- how much will it cost me? why?</p><p>- how much of trade item x can I sell there at location B? why?</p><p>- how much can I sell each for? why?</p><p>- what if I have x ranks in skill y, or a mercantile-like feat?</p><p>- what modifiers apply if trade item x is in abundance? rare? (for either buying or selling)</p><p>- taxes?</p><p>- plus: easy modifiers to add for anything situational the DM wants to include.</p><p></p><p>For running a business, the questions I would want answered:</p><p>- how many customers do I get in x period of time? why?</p><p>- how much do I make off of them? why?</p><p>- how much does it cost me to offer my services? why?</p><p>- what if I 'upgrade' my business? how much more might I make depending on the upgrade?</p><p>- what modifiers would 'location' include, for example?</p><p>- taxes?</p><p>- plus: easy modifiers to add for anything situational the DM wants to include.</p><p></p><p>And that's generally it. The above allows for PC decisions to be meaningful, and also allows for <em>adventuring opportunities</em> (because not many people want to only play simply 'Merchant: The RPG'). The idea of including taxes, for example, introduces the whole <strong>concept</strong> of smuggling - prime adventuring material indeed.</p><p></p><p>But that's just me. For those who simply want to kill things and take their stuff over their entire D&D lives, good on you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnwyn, post: 2274647, member: 7701"] Good question - I'd like a system that would be able to handle two major types of trading: 1) caravans/shipping 2) running a business (e.g. an inn or tavern) The main aspect of it would be a profit/loss system. It wouldn't have to be tremendously complicated, but it should be flexible enough to handle PC decisions and make such decisions meaningful. For caravans/shipping, basic questions my "desired system" would try to answer: - how much of trade item x can I buy here at location A? why? - how much will it cost me? why? - how much of trade item x can I sell there at location B? why? - how much can I sell each for? why? - what if I have x ranks in skill y, or a mercantile-like feat? - what modifiers apply if trade item x is in abundance? rare? (for either buying or selling) - taxes? - plus: easy modifiers to add for anything situational the DM wants to include. For running a business, the questions I would want answered: - how many customers do I get in x period of time? why? - how much do I make off of them? why? - how much does it cost me to offer my services? why? - what if I 'upgrade' my business? how much more might I make depending on the upgrade? - what modifiers would 'location' include, for example? - taxes? - plus: easy modifiers to add for anything situational the DM wants to include. And that's generally it. The above allows for PC decisions to be meaningful, and also allows for [i]adventuring opportunities[/i] (because not many people want to only play simply 'Merchant: The RPG'). The idea of including taxes, for example, introduces the whole [b]concept[/b] of smuggling - prime adventuring material indeed. But that's just me. For those who simply want to kill things and take their stuff over their entire D&D lives, good on you. [/QUOTE]
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